Spanish court weighs charging Bush Administration officials

Heedless of the concept of national sovereignty, a Spanish court considers charges against Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The New York Times reports: A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush administration officials violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the torture of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an official close to the case said.The case, against former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and others, was sent to the prosecutor's office for review by Baltasar Garzón, the crusading investigative judge who ordered the arrest of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The official said that it was "highly probable" that the case would go forward and that it could lead to arrest warrants.What is especially galling about this is that immediately after 9/11, Garzon wrote an oped piece saying that the West was...(Read Full Post)